The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
5:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 873
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 329.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.68° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.33° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.